our code enforcement outreach program, one of our vendors, ben ing, actually brought this to our attention. we went out, took a look at it, saw they were in violation, wrote a notice of violation. we have done the typical process here that is required by code, the notice of violation goes to the property owner. and on-site we're dealing with the lessee. as far as trying to work with them it see what are the solutions, in this instance because there are private bathrooms in some of these rooms, one of the options that they have is to make one of those rooms -- to take that particular bathroom or shower and create access into the public hallway and that would require a building permit. that's what the notice of [speaker not understood] said. now, some of these rooms are occupied. as i found from discussions with my field inspectors, there is a transient nature to the occupancy of this building. and, so, as such, some of these rooms that have the vacant bathrooms are going to come up for vacancy. and, so, then the property owner would have the opportunity to do this. we need to give the prope

josh vining, tina chung, ben ing, seth kathman, brad bishop and joyce lam and this is collection not just of organizers and tenants burb , but our pest control operators. i want to thank the department of public health barbara, karen kahn and doctor batti and to the department of building inspection. we'll continue to work on this. this is the just the first of many steps, but i think the uniform regulations from public health department. >> move forward with recommendation. >> we have a motion to move forward with recommendation and we can do that without opposition. [ gavel ] thank you everyone for being here. [ applause ] madame clerk can you please call i. no. 2. i. no. 2 consideration of appointments to the balboa park station community advisory committee. >> thank you, we still do have further items so if could take your conversations outside of this hearing room. this is a continuation from our last rules committee meeting. unfortunately we had left off some of the applicants that had actually applied for the seats here. so a number of the applicants did already present at our

and i want to acknowledge [speaker not understood], tina chockv, ben ing, [speaker not understood], rich aer may, sarah short, [speaker not understood], and brad bishop for the bed bug working group and on the city sidebar bra garcia, karen con, rajiv, rosemary and [speaker not understood] for their support, advice, and knowledge and the city task force who unanimously endorsed this legislation. we also want to thank the san francisco good health council, the san francisco apartment association and also the sro owners and operators association for meeting with our office as well and giving us feedback. thank you. >> supervisor wiener >> thank you, mr. president. i support this legislation. i want to thank supervisor kim for her work on this and for all the advocates. this is one of those issues that hasn't i think received enough attention in san francisco, and we need to start really aggressively dealing with it. so, i thank supervisor kim for doing this work. i do have one question i want to raise, and i think it's appropriate for the responsibility on remediation on the landlord, but

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ben cardin will return to his seat in congress. a number of races were decided. >> seven democrats won includ ing dutch ruppersberger. >> it was a difficult -- disappointing night for democrats. andy harris is the only republican member of maryland's congressional delegations. roscoe bartlett was defeated in the sixth district. we asked how that will affect his ability to get things done. >> we have huge issues with over regulation and threats of over taxation. our unemployment rate is higher than other parts of maryland. i will look beyond party labels. i will work with my two senators and the rest of the delegation to help the district. >> the effort to capture a senate seat failed. history was made as the first former secret service agent to run for office against ben cardin. the party is digesting largely disappointing news in maryland. people are talking about how to turn it around during the next election cycle. >> 5:12. 38 degrees at the airport. it is back to work for washington. >> how long they have to make a move before things change for americans. >> we are taking a look at the area roads. >> now insta-weather plus and traffic

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